Abstract

This article shows the dialectic influence of phenomenon of corruption on the social reality of modern society. The main approaches to assessing the consequences of corruption processes are considered. Through the prism of these approaches, a structural analysis of consequences of corruption in economic, political, social and spiritual spheres of society is carried out. Based on the philosophical principle of reflection, factors of social danger of corruption are identified, main manifestations of corruption affecting the formation of the image of social reality are described. The article provides a critical analysis of the revisionist approach. Its supporters believe that corruption can be viewed as a natural phenomenon that manifests itself in the transitional periods of development of society, with a change in the norms of its functioning and the lack of consensus, as well as a kind of mediator that unites the emerging privileged and excluded strata a changing society. The main function of corruption within this approach is to preserve the unity and maintain the integrity of socio-economic system in certain conditions, after which corruption should disappear. The laws of dialectics are manifested in this area of human interactions. Therefore, we can talk about the socially constructive function of studied social phenomenon. It is shown that the ratio of constructive and destructive consequences of corruption manifestations in various social systems and at different stages of their historical development varies.

Highlights

  • In the modern world, corruption takes place in any society, any state

  • The study has shown that corruption is currently systemic in nature and affects almost all aspects of society, acting as one of the elements of social reality

  • The conducted research allows us to formulate the following conclusions: 1. Under the conditions of the emergence of certain social situations, corruption can play a special role: at certain historical moments in conditions of ineffective functioning of institutions, corruption creates the illusion of possibility of avoiding the complete disintegration of social organism

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Introduction

Corruption takes place in any society, any state. The specificity of its current stage is its pronounced international character (Table 1). This is determined by a number of factors, the most important of which is globalization, which determines economic transparency of national borders, free movement of capital, labor, etc., as well as *. © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences. The relevance of the corruption issue is associated with the variety of its consequences. In addition to its direct impact on economic processes, corruption has an outlet in the socio-political space. We have to figure out, what exactly is this influence

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